How I shop for toddler clothes

Most of my son Tavi's clothes are hand-me-downs, or come from our local Goodwill. I don't wear much vintage myself, so I've never really been a "dig through the racks" kind of person — but when it comes to finding clothes for my son that are uber-cheap but non-offensive to my aesthetic, I've developed a rack-hunting technique.

Here's what I do:

Go to kids' section, starting at the boys racks and working into the girl's racks.

Using these methods, I'm developing a great stash of brightly colored, unbranded, gender-neutral stuff for Tavi to wear up until about age five. At that point, he'll have his own opinions about his clothing, and he can help me dig through the racks to find shirts with dump trucks and spider men barfed all over them, or princess dresses, or whatever else he might like. Until then, he's my brightly colored boy. (More on brightly colored boys next week … I've got a post brewing!)

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